Architecture Notes

Event ID 818107

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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NS79SE 216 79246 93680

NS79SE 66 79254 93676 39 St John Street, Bruce of Auchenbowie's House

(NS 7925 9368) Bruce of Auchenbowie's House measures 45'8" by 21', a wheel-stair projecting 4'10" into the street; it stands three storeys and an attic high. Above the ground floor, which consists of two barrel-vaulted cellars separated by a through passage, the fabric has been extensively restored; the roof has been re-slated; the stair-tower now has a penthouse type roof; the windows have been enlarged or restored. The house was originally built in the 16th century. It is traditionally associated with the family of Bruce of Auchenbowie.

RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954.

This house is as described. It is in the care of DoE and is known as Bothwell House.

Visited by OS(JP) 6 December 1973.